Paris.
Riding to new places, cooling down in parks + fountains, seeing old and new friends.

Merciiii to George for letting us crash!!

Happy Fourth of July!

Well it's the big day for my party and I'm doing pretty well for a change. Still have loads to do but at least I think I may make it before the guests arrive. LOL I saved this week's Cuttlebug Spot card for today because I thought I may not have time to do much crafting this week (and I was RIGHT!) and it's an Independence Day theme. Again I apologize for not making it around to all of my fave blogs but I promise to catch up after my company leaves next week. Anyway, here's my card.

I usually try to make my Design Team cards for The Cuttlebug Spot using Cuttlebug only, not because it's a requirement, but because I think many of the followers may not have another kind of die cutting machine. That didn't exactly work out this week because when I went to make the flag just rectangular, it just plain looked BAD so I cut this pretty one with my Cricut Expression and the Stand and Salute cartridge. It's embossed with the stripes Cuttlebug folder that may be an exclusive from Oh My Crafts. (Crap, I have so many know it's hard to keep track! LOL) I used white core paper on both the flag and the stars embossed background and sanded it. After sanding I realized that white paper was just TOO WHITE against the sanded bits so I chose to do the rest in creme instead (and it then looked pretty fab with this striped paper from My Mind's Eye).

The Stars are cut with my Spellbinder's Nested Stars run through my Cuttlebug. The creme star is then embossed with the Cuttlebug Limited Edition Christmas Stars folder I got from Custom Crops (hurry, on sale NOW!). I then scored and folded the star to make it 3D. It really needed a shadow to make it stand out, so I cut another star using the same size Spellbinder's die in gold metallic which made it pop and worked because of the dimension of the top star. It was attached with rolled up glue dots at the edges underneath.

The sentiment is also cut with the Stand and Salute Cricut cartridge and embossed (carefully) with the tiny dotted butterfly folder from the Cuttlebug 3x3 duo.

The card was still a bit plain so adhesive beads to the rescue! LOL I think they REALLY jazzed up this card! Now if you haven't already, be sure to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot for more patriotic inspiration. There is a fabulous prize of a $50 gift certificate from Simon Says Stamp for one lucky participant. So for all of you celebrating, have a safe and FABULOUS 4th!

I flew over from Melbourne to meet Monique in London. Straight over to Paris together on the Eurostar.....ahhh easy with the bikes!
Took over some Champfest tees with us too...

PARIS STOCKIST
Champfest is now stocked at Colette, you can pick up a copy of Issue 002 very soon!!
Merci grande to Sebastien there.

Keepsake Cameo Pin Cushions

Back - machine embroidered vintage fabric.

Front: digital print on fabric appliqued onto vintage fabric with vintage trim.

I made these cameo pin cushions for the Northbrook College BA surface textile design class of 2010 as graduation presents - I wanted them to have a practical momento. The pin cushions combine digital photography onto cotton fabric, vintage finds and machine embroidery. (Pins not included) I am happy to take commissions - all I need is a digital photo. POA kimba.designs @ btinternet.com

NO INTERNET

This morning I woke up to find that our internet was down. We called our service provider to find that they won't be able to come until Tuesday! Until then, I won't have internet. I'm extremely sorry about this! Trust me, I am one angry duck.

Meet 80's Sookie, The Newest Lil Lolita!

It's the final preview day of the new Fashionista Lil Lolitas at Tickled Pink Stamps and you're meeting Sookie for the very first time! She's an 80's girl and she just wants to have FUN!

She's a real star so that's how I portrayed her. I colored her with Copics in the colors of the day and added some wild pink streaks to her hair. All of the stars are cut with my Spellbinders Nested stars dies out of glitter and foil cardstock. The star border is an EK Success punch and the DP is DCWV Nana's Kids. Lots of 80's bling too!

There's just a it of dimension highlighting FAB Sookie and the adhesive stars are from Darice. Now just wait 'til you see the fabulous creations from the Pink Ladies. They're all so TALENTED! So do you wanna win Sookie? Just pop on over to Tickled Pink Stamps and leave a comment on today's post for a chance to win her and if you'd like to win the ENTIRE new release, follow the instructions and you could have them all! Presale begins SOON, and remember, Tickled Pink Stamps ships WORLDWIDE (stamps only) so no one misses out on these adorable girls.

Tickled Pink Stamps Lil Lolitas Preview Day 5! and BBTB2 Blog Hop Winner!

Woo Hoo, it's preview day 5 at Tickled Pink Stamps with ADORABLE 50's Lilith! I'm particularly fond of Lilith because my DH and I took a round of ballroom dance classes and the swing was definitely OUR DANCE! So here's Lilith on her 45 record (designed with Cricut design Studio) and cut with glossy black card stock. The musical notes are a Cuttlebug die cut twice, with the bottom of the notes embossed and popped. The sentiment is one of my other fave embellies, Alpha Beads, then a bit of gingham ribbon. The skully on the bow is glitter foam.

I kept Lilith monochromatic. Didn't want to upset the pink white and black color scheme. Her skirt is paper pieced. Sure wish my circle skirt had had a fabby skull instead of a poodle when we won a 50's costume contest. LOL

Here's the dimensional shot. What fun this was! Now hurry to The Tickled Pink Blog to leave a comment to win your own Lilith and check out the fabulous creations by the Pink Ladies. And if you haven't been paying attention, scroll down to see the rest of this fabulous release so far. They will all be available for preorder SOON! and if you've got the inclination, follow the intructions HERE (keep reading) and you may just win the WHOLE set! WooHoo!

Oops! I set this to post at midnight last night (5:00pm Aussie time) and totally forgot about the BBTB2 Blog Hop winner so without further ado the winner is number

49...RO! Woo Hoo, RO!!!!!!!! who said

Congratulations Ro! Please email me at dlmundinger (at) yahoo (dot) com to make arrangements for your prize. (P.S. LOVE your Dia de los Muertos Avatar!)

Again, thanks a million to all who played along, and I'm still apologizing for being MIA on the blogs. More shopping, cooking, cleaning and decorating today. It's getting down to the wire for the party! YIKES!